29 November 2010- Beads crafts can be called an amazing skill because you just do not spend your time making creative crafts items but you can show your love to your dear ones by gifting them your handmade beads crafts. Although, there are many things that you can make with different types of beads like jewelry and decorative items but there are always some aged people in your family whom you can't gift these crafts. So, what to make for them so that they may feel special and happy too? Here is the answer to that- a wonderful Anglican prayer beads set! Senior members of your family will be more than happy to get such a handmade gift. And making Anglican prayer beads is easy too- you just need some standard beads and some cross beads apart from the basic stringing material for making the very special Anglican prayer beads set for your loved ones!

Materials for Making Anglican Prayer Beads

Get the following beads and other stringing materials for your cross beads craft to make Anglican prayer beads set.

• A cross or a large cross bead. (You can make this too with the help of beads or pearls. The next cross beads craft in this article teaches you how to make a beaded cross with pearls.)
• An invitatory bead (10-12 mm)
• 4 cruciform beads (8-10 mm)
• 28 beads for making four weeks -groups of seven beads- of the Anglican prayer beads set (6-8 mm) Seed beads for spacers (size 8)
• Beading thread
• Beading needle (size 10)
• A pair of scissors
• Glue
• A small clamp or clothespin

How to Make Anglican Prayer Beads?

Following are the step-by-step instructions for making Anglican Prayer Bead set.

• Cut the beading thread into a length of 4 feet.
• Bring both the ends of the thread together and thread in the beading needle. This way, you will have two strands.
• Attach the small clamp at the end of the thread. While doing this, leave about 4 inches of the thread hanging.
• Now its turn to string the beads. To start with, string the cross by sliding it down till it reaches the clamp.
• Now string in 5 of the seed beads, then the invitatory bead.
• Again string in another 5 pieces of seed beads and then one of the cruciform beads. Doing this will give you the stem of your prayer beads.
• Now you will form the prayer beads path. For this, string in 3 of the seed beads followed by 7 beads for making the weeks. Then string in 3 seed beads followed by a cruciform bead. Again string in 3 seed beads and 7 of the week’s beads. Now string in 3 seed beads and one cruciform bead. Repeat this until you have finished all your weeks beads and cruciform beads.
• End your stringing exercise with 3 of the seed beads.

Cross Beads Craft: Making Cross Bead with Pearls

Now if you want to make the cross bead too for using in your Anglican prayer bead, then follow these simple steps for making a cross bead with pearls. This pearl cross will definitely make your handmade prayer beads string a thing for preserve!

Materials for Making Pearl Cross Beads

Get the following things to make your pearl bead cross.

• Three pieces of beading thread, preferably fishing line (0.25 mm). Cut the 3 lengths approximately 70 to 90 cm each.
• 104 pearls or pearl beads (size 3 mm and above.)

To buy cross beads and other cross bead products, browse the directory of Cross Beads Manufacturers and Exporters

How To Make Cross Bead?

Follow the below given steps to make cross bead using pearls.

• String in 5 pearls. Cross the fishing line through one and pull tight.
• String in 3 more pearls. Cross through the middle (second) pearl.
• Now string in 4 pearls on both left and right line. Cross each line back to the first pearl. Follow similar steps on both side.
• Cross the line back the 2nd and 3rd pearl from step 2 and string in 4 pearls and cross back the first bead in this step.
• Cross the line back the 4th and 1st pearl from step 2. Now string in and cross one pearl with both the lines. String in 3 pearls and cross through the middle pearl (second pearl in this step),. Repeat the procedure for thrice.
• String in 5 pearls and tie.

To understand the above cross beads craft, see the images at Pearl Cross